Perpetual 6.x Jailbreak Info: iOS 6.1.2 ONLY (all but aTV)! Do not update to 6.1.3

There appears to be an ETA for the 6.1.3/6.1.4 Jailbreak for those of you stuck between releases and finding yourself without a jailbreak, or perhaps you don't want to update your iPad – whichever. In any case here are some details!

Just a quick interesting note. It appears as though with iTunes 11.1, Apple has blocked the ability to restore from custom firmware on A4 and below. From a quick blurb from the most recent news about Jailbreaking 6.1.3/4 (which is still being worked on):

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There is also some focus paid to Apple’s latest version of iTunes that was recently released with iOS 7. Without going into too much information regarding the iTunes restore process and how it communicates with Apple’s authentication servers, it’s a lot simpler to just say that iTunes 11.1 entirely kills custom firmware restores on iOS 7 for A4 and below devices. iH8sn0w is currently working on a fix that can be implemented into future version of Sn0wbreeze and iFaith.

Feb 11, 2012iOS 6.1.1 is out but don't update yet!It's supposed to fix 3G issues for the 4S, supposedly. No word yet if it's still jailbreakable or not.Edit: the jailbreak works fine, and an updated version of evasi0n will be released soon to allow 6.1.1 updates!

Feb 4, 2013Tools are now available for Jailbreaking allmost devices capable of running iOS 6.0 - 6.1 and aTV!

The tools are available for Windows, OS X and Linux and can be downloaded here: http://evasi0n.com/

The page is getting hammered at the moment and is throwing up a lot of 'page view limit reached', but if you keep trying the download links will eventually work. I only had to try twice before getting a good download link. Members of the community here are beginning to give it a try, so you can expect to see their results in the comments, I'll be sure to post my own here once I get a chance to sit down myself!

Not quite sure what happened to aTV support. I'll post back once I've looked around.

EDIT: Looks like no ATV support at this time, unfortunately :-/

! If you want to find out if your apps have been updated to work with iOS 6 there's a nice guide here you can refer to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv? ... omany=trueYou should double check this list before using any automated tools to restore tweaks/apps - some of those that have not been updated have the negative effect of putting your device into a reboot loop or worse, requiring a complete restore. Make sure you take a look at the list, even sorting by those that are -not- compatible and make sure you don't wind up spending the extra hours of work and frustration of getting your device back in order!

Important instructions:

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How should I prepare my device for jailbreaking with evasi0n?

If your device is currently on iOS 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, or 6.1, make sure to back up your device with iTunes or iCloud before jailbreaking, temporarily disable your passcode (if you have one enabled), and that's all the preparation required. If your device is on an older iOS version, or if you want to be extra sure that the jailbreak will go smoothly, you can follow these steps:

Make a backup with iTunes (click "Back Up Now" in iTunes). If your device is jailbroken, write down a list of your installed packages, because the next step (restoring) will remove the existing jailbreak. If not jailbroken, ignore this step. Restore the device with iTunes, which will update your device to the latest iOS version, currently iOS 6.1. (If you have an iPhone 4 or 3GS with an unofficial carrier unlock that depends on your device's baseband version, restore your device with custom firmware instead.) Select "Set up as a new device" on the device itself during the setup process after the device is restored. Do not select "Set up as a new device" or "Restore from this backup" on iTunes yet. Open evasi0n on your computer and jailbreak your device. Open up Cydia for the first time to allow it to "prepare the filesystem". Wait for the respring to happen. Start iTunes again and select "Restore from this backup" to put your data back (apps, music, etc.). You're done. Feel free to open Cydia and install some packages. To access previously-purchased packages, tap "Manage Account" on the Cydia homepage and log in.

Jan 30, 2013The Evasi0n site is up, no links to the tools yet, but will be regularly updated with progress reports, thanks to johnny.5 for posting!

johnny.5 wrote:

Thought the evasi0n web site was worth linking here. Includes status updates on the progress of the iOS 6 jailbreak.

Jan 28, 2013

Further - iOS 6.1 is formally released. Remember not to automatically update, just download for the time being. I'll update with JailBreak info as it becomes available.

Looks like Superbowl Sunday will see the release of the jailbreaking tools on evad3rs.com as hinted at here by MuscleNerd -

Jan 24, 2013Well Padgeman found a tidbit in a Cult of Mac article. I'll quote his find below:

All iOS devices that can run iOS 6.1, including the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S, will be supported in this upcoming jailbreak. The four men (pod2g, planetbeing, pimskeks, and MuscleNerd) behind it have founded a new hacking group called “evad3rs” (presumably since they’re masters at evading Apple’s security measures), and they will release the iOS 6 jailbreak under that name.

I've been monitoring their twitter feeds and haven't seen anything as hopeful as this besides a few sideways glances, so hopefully iOS 6.1 will drop without much change from beta 4 and the information in the article is accurate. Everything I've seen so far has only hinted at jailbreaks for A4 and below and A6 and above, skipping the A5 completely, so this sounds pretty awesome.

Everybody cross their fingers. Good find Padgeman, thanks for posting!

This is after a stream of doubts and hoax-calling by prominent members of the jailbreaking community - so take it with a grain of salt (again). Comex, Musclenerd, i0nic have all expressed suspicions about this:

In any case - exciting times. Lets hope it's real and see what happens.

Dec 11, 2012

A possibility of a untethered jailbreak out of left-field has arisen, due out Dec 22nd. I'm not familiar with Dream JB at all, feel free to speak up in the comments if you are. Hoos was nice enough to drop the news:

Update December 10, 2012 1:02 AM EST - Proof will be posted both here and on my Twitter account on Wednesday. As far as the video that will be uploaded, it will be a single-take shot of the entire jailbreak process, including a restart and usage of the device to prove it is untethered. It will be uploaded as raw video straight from my camera to YouTube. So no edits in any form. Thank you all for your patience and support. Also, with the extremely high volume of tweets and over 4500 emails, I will try to address the public as I can. I ask that you read the FAQ before contacting me by email. I will update the FAQ for you all tomorrow morning. I've also moved past website updates to the bottom of the page. Goodnight everyone!

Update: To further clarify this point, preparation of the phone for the jailbreak involves a Webkit exploit. This however will not jailbreak your phone by itself. After preparation, the included application will continue the jailbreak process.

Partially. This jailbreak is unique in the sense that it differs a bit from the other jailbreak solutions in the past. There will be a one-click phase of the jailbreak you will have to do, but there is preparation needed to prepare the phone for the jailbreak beforehand. Nonetheless, it is still very easy to do, and full instructions will be provided.

Although the earlier, somewhat nebulous drama, about his Twitter account gives me a little pause.

I'm updating the topic to reflect this, but I'm taking it with a grain of salt. I'm curious if this guy is planning on charging for the jailbreak.

Slight update: Redmondpie claims all the old school mods are very uncertain about this, and while I haven't seen their statements myself, I do continue to agree that a good dose of skepticism is pretty healthy here: http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-5-jail ... next-week/

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Nov 27, 2012Well. The date and place for the next Jailbreak Convention has been set:

Hopefully they'll have something to talk about involving iOS 6 or 7 by then :-/

Nothing else to report, sadly.

Nov 2, 2012

New version of Redsn0w continues to be able to provide a TETHERED jailbreak for old A4 devices running iOS 6.0.1. Just a quick update.

Remember, yadda yadda, if you want to keep your jailbreak remember not to update - you also may want to reach into your ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/ and make sure you back up/copy to another location, the iPhone 6.0.ipsw that you should have lurking there... should a jailbreak present itself for 6.0 and not 6.0.1 it might be handy to have your own copy.

Comments if ya gottem!

Musclenerd has released a statement:

So, looks like you can use Redsn0w to back up your 6.0 blobs - also a good idea if you ever want to downgrade (theoretically anyway).

Oct. 22, 2012The walls are closing in now; desperately I try to avoid making eye contact with the '1' notification bubble on the Settings.app. Panorama mode calls to me, as does a... well a /more/ kind of working all-syncing Messages app... and my morbid desire to cast caution to the wind and play with the new Maps app grows stronger.There is nothing... NOTHING to report today. ;_;

Below are the contents of that article from Chris Foresman, a postscript indicates 6.1 is also in the works:

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Apple may be rolling out a small update to iOS 6 in the next week or so, according to sources for BGR. iOS 6.0.1 is reportedly being tested by carrier partners in the US and should be ready by the time the rumored iPad mini is expected to ship, around November 2.

iOS 6.0.1 is designed to address several bugs, including screen glitches that appear when using the keyboard or folders (I have seen this personally on my iPhone 5), the LED flash not firing in some cases, sketchy Wi-Fi or cellular data connections, and unexpected access to Passbook details from the lock screen. The update should also add a control for iTunes Matching syncing via 3G/4G connections. Most importantly to enterprise users, there is also a fix for a problem with Exchange that can cancel an entire meeting when just one iOS user declines a meeting invitation.

BGR's sources said a more significant update, referred to as iOS 6.1, is also in the works. However, that update is apparently just now beginning testing internally at Apple and won't likely be ready in the next few weeks.

...it is important to note this is a tethered jailbreak and is only meant for devices boasting an A4 processor (or below), namely: the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and the 4th-gen iPod touch. Devices with A5 (iPhone 4S, iPad 2), A5X (iPad 3) and A6 (iPhone 5) processors are not supported at this point. Hacktivation + baseband preservation support has also been added for iPhone 4 and 3GS.

Emphasis mine

This new Redsn0w will also allow you to restore iOS 5.x versions (that apple is no longer signing), so if you're having issues you can still restore your device in attempts to repair them without having to upgrade to iOS 6.

Oct. 11, 2012Good news everyone! (not the -best- news, but still good )

Finally a bit more news - finally some information for us consumers to come out of the recent Jailbreak panels have emerged.

Pod2G: "I'm still confident we can find something in the next few weeks."

In an interview during a panel Pod2g says he's feeling pretty confident that a jailbreak is a matter of weeks away now, where before the consensus was weeks to months. Macworld actually has a pretty nice article outlining everything that was discussed - for the most part, that's the important bit though. Here's the link: http://www.macworld.com/article/2011622 ... break.html

In other news, another tool for diagnosing what and how to jailbreak your device has shown up:http://mofodox.me/jbstatsYou input your current firmware and device and JBStats (wait did I already link this?) will tell you if you can and what tools to use.

Oct. 3, 2012

Found this if you want a more simple look - I cannot vouch for accuracy or frequency of updating though:

Comes from Ryan Petrich, who makes all sorts of good shit, like Activator, DisplayOut, NoNewsIsGoodNews, and more (like DeepEnd, Monocle and NoCoverFlow - only on his beta repo http://rpetri.ch/repo/&#41;.

I saw this several days ago, but seeing it resurface today I remembered to actually add it.

Still no new news on Jailbreaking A4 devices on iOS 6 or any untethered jailbreak unfortunately.

Dev-Team has released some info about downgrading once the iOS 5.1.1 restore window is closed, figure I'd share it here:

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Blob-o-riffic

Today marks the public release of iOS6! For those devices capable of running 6.0, the 5.1.1 SHSH blob signing window will soon close, so it’s very important that you backup your 5.1.1 blobs now while you still can. We advise you do it for every device you have (see tutorial sites like iClarified if you don’t know the process).

A few months back we released a redsn0w feature that lets you downgrade A5+ devices from 5.1.1 to anything lower (if you had saved blobs). Unfortunately once the 5.1.1 window closes, *redsn0w’s 5.x downgrade feature will no longer work.* Most A5 users will not be able to downgrade. So if you’re an A5+ owner up at 6.0 when the 5.1.1 window closes, you’ll be stuck there without a jailbreak for now.

We’re happy to report there are some serious deficiences in the 5.x restore process that are permanently exploitable. They’ll never be fixable by Apple because they’re all self-contained in the 5.x IPSWs. Here’s the breakdown:

A4 devices and 3GS will always be downgradable (and jailbreakable) due to limera1n. The tethered iOS6 jailbreak for those devices (and untethered for old-bootrom 3GS) will be out when Cydia and other important pieces are all working properly iPad2 owners who have both 4.x blobs and 5.x blobs will always be able to downgrade to those versions, even once you come up to 6.0 and the 5.1.1 window closes (don’t do that yet though!). You need both 4.x and 5.x blobs to qualify for the downgrade even if you only wish to downgrade to 5.x iPad3, i4S (and iPad2 owners who don’t satisfy #2) will always be able to RE-restore the current 5.x OS that’s already on their device. So if you’re at 5.1.1 when the window closes (and you’ve saved your blobs), you’ll always be able to RE-restore to 5.1.1 again. This makes the 5.1.1 jailbreak a lot less fragile — you don’t have to worry about messing up your install with funky extensions or getting into a boot loop, because you can always RE-restore from 5.1.1 to 5.1.1 again (or from 5.0.1 to 5.0.1 again, etc). But once you fall off the 5.x train by restoring to 6.x, you’ll be stuck there until the next jailbreak.

Please be aware that RE-restores and iPad2 downgraded devices will always end up with the latest baseband (not the one that came with that firmware). So don’t go near any of this if your unlock depends on the baseband version.

All of these features will be released shortly in a new version of redsn0w. In the meantime please be sure you have your 5.1.1 blobs and stay at 5.1.1. Happy iOS6 day!

Also it should be noted that this particular tethered jailbreak still won't install Cydia - you'll need to install all your packages manually over SSH. I'm not even going to try at this point - besides the official iOS release hasn't even been made and oh yeah, I'm on an A5 device, so no love for me anyway.

Here are the steps outlined from Redmondpie:

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1. Download iOS 6 GM and restore your device to it via the latest version of iTunes.

2. Download Redsn0w 0.9.13dev4 from the download links given below.

3. Start Redsn0w, select ‘Extras‘ from the main interface followed by the ‘Select IPSW‘ option. Point it to iOS 6 GM firmware.

4. Now from the main screen, select ‘Jailbreak” option to start the process. Redsn0w will present you with onscreen instructions on how to enter your device into DFU mode. Follow the steps carefully. Once the device is in DFU mode, the jailbreaking procedure will automatically start. Once done, your device will be rebooted into a jailbroken state.

Please do add notes, I'll keep things updated as much as I can, but I've got my hands full with school at the moment - though I do have a tendency to stay on top of news like this anyway

Downgrading - currently Apple is still signing iOS 5.1.1, so if you need to downgrade from the iOS 6 Goldmaster, it's as simple as restoring to a 5.1.1 backup from within iTunes. This is likely to be true until iOS 6 is officially released, and possibly 24-48 hours after (but don't make any large bets on that one ).

Lack of an official jailbreak method remains one of the two worst aspects of iOS devices. I wish the team the best of luck, although I fear at some point the self-correcting nature of the efforts will cause the luck to run out. I'd love to be proved wrong though .

Also, thanks for stepping up and getting a thread on this going once again FoO! After coasting for a bit it's definitely that time of year again, and I bet they'll be a certain amount of news and scrambling like last time as stuff gets updated (or attempts to get updated). You might consider linking the 5.x thread again too per before, and also editing the 5.x to point to 6.x.

I don't see that day ever arriving (short of Apple offering official sideload). Even something as basic as WiFi scanning is banned, let alone functionality like menu enhancement.

I'm far from being an OSS/"Free" fanatic, but I consider the ability to write software for hardware that I own a basic freedom that I do no want to have to pay $99/year for. I wish Apple would at least open up obsolete hardware and iOS versions for homebrew tinkering.

I look forward to the day we don't need to jailbreak to get our wanted functionality.

I don't see that day ever arriving (short of Apple offering official sideload). Even something as basic as WiFi scanning is banned, let alone functionality like menu enhancement.

Yes, but every year Apple has more features and my compelling need to jailbreak lessens and lessens. As I said if I could turn bluetooth on and off with a single click I'd never jailbreak. Instead even in iOS6 there are too many depths to plumb to turn it on and off.

Guess this is kinda jailbreak-y. If I update my device to the iOS 6 GM, and I have saved my SHSH blobs from iOS 5.1.1, am I right in thinking I can just downgrade whenever I want?

Ahhh duh, yes. >_< hehe I wasn't thinking - you can easily downgrade from the GM to 5.1.1 because 5.1.1 is still being signed by Apple. All it requires is restoring from a 5.1.1 backup within iTunes - for now.

edit: Can anyone see NoCoverFlow in the RPetrich repository (rpetri.ch/repo/)? I was going to suggest it here (for 5.x at least for now) but it looks like he pulled it.

I am a weak willed fool. The new Siri + Maps hotness made me update to iOS 6. *sigh*. So long jailbreaks, I'll miss you SBSettings! I'll have you back before you know it

Yeah, I'm itching for it, but when I factory unlocked my phone (requires a restore) and was without sbsettings and a few other tools even for just a few hours it really aggravated me, so I'm trying to hold out myself >_<

Cydia says it has my SHSH blobs stored - is that good enough, or do I need a copy of them myself?

I vaguely recall (so could be totally wrong) that there can be issues with backing up the blobs to Cydia and that it was recommended to use something that saves it locally, like Tiny Umbrella. I've used TU to backup the blobs to my Mac, but have never had to try and downgrade using them.

Cydia says it has my SHSH blobs stored - is that good enough, or do I need a copy of them myself?

I vaguely recall (so could be totally wrong) that there can be issues with backing up the blobs to Cydia and that it was recommended to use something that saves it locally, like Tiny Umbrella. I've used TU to backup the blobs to my Mac, but have never had to try and downgrade using them.

We've breaking news. It looks like iPhone 5 has already been jailbroken.

It has been less than 24 hours since Apple's new iPhone 5 went on sale and iOS jailbreak developer Grant Paul a.k.a chpwn has posted an screenshot from an iPhone 5 with Cydia installed on it.

He later confirmed that it is indeed jailbroken.

This is good news for jailbreakers as it also implies that iOS 6 can be jailbroken on the newer iOS devices.

Although no contract-free iPhone 5 on offer yet, I wonder what the lag time will be this round.

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Yeah, I'm itching for it, but when I factory unlocked my phone (requires a restore) and was without sbsettings and a few other tools even for just a few hours it really aggravated me, so I'm trying to hold out myself >_<

It was doing without just for a few hours that really made me realize how important JB is to me. Before I'd thought of it more as an ideal and nice thing, but in practice losing out on stuff like LockInfo and Menu Add-ons drove me absolutely bonkers. I wouldn't have thought it'd have made that much a difference but it seriously does. Have email headers display on my lockscreen dramatically changes the functionality of email for me for example. I look up words all the time, it becomes reflex, and I hate it when I can't.

Yeah, I'm itching for it, but when I factory unlocked my phone (requires a restore) and was without sbsettings and a few other tools even for just a few hours it really aggravated me, so I'm trying to hold out myself >_<

It was doing without just for a few hours that really made me realize how important JB is to me. Before I'd thought of it more as an ideal and nice thing, but in practice losing out on stuff like LockInfo and Menu Add-ons drove me absolutely bonkers. I wouldn't have thought it'd have made that much a difference but it seriously does. Have email headers display on my lockscreen dramatically changes the functionality of email for me for example. I look up words all the time, it becomes reflex, and I hate it when I can't.

I like SBSettings and use them. I could live without them. But I couldn't get by without iBlacklist to keep the junk calls at bay (it's kind of a PITA, as you have to whitelist or blacklist numbers individually - you can't just whitelist all your contacts at once). I've managed to keep it minimal by not giving out this number. But I'll still get random calls.

There've also been some folder apps that were added to ditch the folder size limitation and to add another icon to the dock. Although I'd really love a multi-screen dock. Several devs who created launchers for Android implemented it and, when done right, it's a really nice addition.

Please let it come to ios6 on the 4s soon...I am now realizing how dependent I was on Lockinfo and the 5-icon dock, and to a lesser extend NCSettings. My need for iblacklist has diminished a lot since I sterted giving out only my google voice number, but those 3 I NEED.

Comes from Ryan Petrich, who makes all sorts of good shit, like Activator, DisplayOut, NoNewsIsGoodNews, and more (like DeepEnd, Monocle and NoCoverFlow - only on his beta repo http://rpetri.ch/repo/).

I saw this several days ago, but seeing it resurface today I remembered to actually add it.

Ugh. I hope there's some sort of JB, even tethered for the iPhone 5 soon as I'm really missing SBSettings which according to that google doc linked in the OP is working except for one thing I don't use very often. Hopefully MyWi gets updated soon too.

Ugh. I hope there's some sort of JB, even tethered for the iPhone 5 soon as I'm really missing SBSettings which according to that google doc linked in the OP is working except for one thing I don't use very often. Hopefully MyWi gets updated soon too.

A6 (iPhone 5 proc) already has a working jailbreak, it just hasn't been packaged for the masses yet - it /is/ tethered as well, and there may very well be a jailbreak available for the 5 before 4S >_<

Ugh. I hope there's some sort of JB, even tethered for the iPhone 5 soon as I'm really missing SBSettings which according to that google doc linked in the OP is working except for one thing I don't use very often. Hopefully MyWi gets updated soon too.

A6 (iPhone 5 proc) already has a working jailbreak, it just hasn't been packaged for the masses yet - it /is/ tethered as well, and there may very well be a jailbreak available for the 5 before 4S >_<

I'm almost hoping it takes a while longer to get packaged actually for the purely selfish reason that I'd only be interested in an iPhone 5 unlocked, but those aren't due for something like a month (assuming the Apple Canada store will even ship it to a US address) and I'm worried Apple will patch the JB before I even get a chance to use it . Plus it's always nice for longevity if the inevitable early point update or two can get slipped in. Then again I realize those early adopters are champing at the bit, so it goes.

WWJC, I like it. I'll be curious what sort of turnout they get and what they discuss. If I was on the West Coast I think I'd try to attend. Good for them to try to get more stuff developed around that scene despite the heavy omnipresent headwind.

Given that 6.0 seems to have bluetooth issues, I'll be holding at jailbroken 5.1.1.

Bluetooth is one service that I rely heavily upon and really need it to just work. Hopefully, Apple (I'm guessing it's an Apple issue - if they're using BT3, that may be the root of the issues) will get it sorted out in the next update.

Given that 6.0 seems to have bluetooth issues, I'll be holding at jailbroken 5.1.1.

Bluetooth is one service that I rely heavily upon and really need it to just work. Hopefully, Apple (I'm guessing it's an Apple issue - if they're using BT3, that may be the root of the issues) will get it sorted out in the next update.

What are some of the bluetooth issues? I remember seeing something about it, but I can't remember specifics.

Check the last few posts in the iOS 6 bugs thread. People are reporting problems (on all iPhone versions running 6) of dropped connections, loss of automatic connections and automatic playback, vehicle pairing issues, different playback behavior (always starts at first song in library, not where one had stopped listening), etc.

I posted a couple of links there to long discussions in Apple's support forum.

Not all at once and not everyone. I just am not willing to take the risk.

What are some of the bluetooth issues? I remember seeing something about it, but I can't remember specifics.

Hoos wrote:

Check the last few posts in the iOS 6 bugs thread. People are reporting problems (on all iPhone versions running 6) of dropped connections, loss of automatic connections and automatic playback, vehicle pairing issues, different playback behavior (always starts at first song in library, not where one had stopped listening), etc.

Since it's apparently an iOS 6 software problem, not hardware, I'll be curious to see if any fixes come out of jailbreaking assuming a JB does end up landing before the inevitable 6.0.1 patch. I know there is the btstack project, which serves as an entire alternative BlueTooth chain. That sort of possibility is part of what makes having control of your own machine nice .